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CeoRTapliical  Society  of  California. 


SAN   FRANCISCO.   CAL. 


1  892 


CONSTITUTION  and  BY-LAWS 


Gcograpliical  Society  ol  California. 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


1  892 


Vires  Acquirit  Eundo. 


GEOGRAPHICAL  SOCIETY  of  CALIFORNIA 

lucorporated    nth  December,  1891. 
ACADEMY  OF  SCIENCES  BUILDING. 

PRESIDENT  : 

DAVID  STARR  JORDAN,   M.  D.,  I^.L-D.,  Ph.  D. 
(President   of  the  I.eland  Stanford  Jr.  University.) 

VICE-PRESIDENTS  : 

FRED  W.  D'EVELYN,  M.  B.  C.  M.,  Edin. 

COLONEL  JOHN  O'BYRNE. 

DIRECTORS  : 

GEORGE  W.  DAVIS,  M.  D.,  HENRY  F.  EMERIC, 

WM.  HAM.  HALL,  C.  E.,  PETER  MacEWEN, 

GEORGE  A.   MOORE,  EDGAR  D.  PEIXOTTO, 

Hon.  W.   H.   PRATT,  U.  S.  Surveyor-General. 

TREASURER  : 
R.  H.  Mcdonald,  jr.,  Vice-President  of  the  Pacific  Bauk. 

SECRETARY  :  BANKERS  : 

J.  STUDDY  LEIGH.  F.  R.  G.  S.  THE  PACIFIC  BANK. 


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IHDEX 


Constitution. 

AKTICI.l:.       I' AGIO 

Name  and  Object i  5 

Members 2  5 

Directors 3  6 

Meetings 4  6 

By-Laws. 

CHArXEK.  PAGE 

Initiation  Fee  and  Dues i  9 

S  Special  Meetings 2  9 

_  Presiding  Officer 3  9 

^  Directors 4  10 

M  Treasurer 5  11 

Secretary 6  11 

^   Honorary  Council 7  12 

Order  of  Business 8  13 

Lectures 9  13 

Voting ID  13 

Certificate  of  Membership 11  13 

Seal 12  14 

Amendments 12  14 


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CONSTITUTION 


OF    T  H  K 


Ceograpliical  Society  of  California. 


ARTICLE  I. 


NAME    AND    OBJECT. 


Section  i.  This  organization  shall  be  known  as  the  "  Geo- 
graphical Society  of  California." 

Sec.  2.  The  object  of  the  Society  is  to  collect  geographical 
information  either  from  travellers,  exploring  expeditions,  or  other- 
wise, and  disseminate  the  same  by  means  of  lectures,  or  in  any 
suitable  manner;  to  do  all  legal  acts  and  things  incidental  to  the 
aforesaid  jjurposes  ;  to  enjoy  all  the  privileges,  and  to  possess  and 
exercise  all  the  powers  now  conferred  by  law,  or  which  shall  here- 
after be  conferred  by  law,  upon  corjDorations  of  this  character  in 
the  State  of  California,  and  to  exercise  the  general  powers  now 
conferred  upon  corporations  of  this  character  by  the  laws  of  the 
State  of  California. 

ARTICLE  II. 

MEMBERS. 

Section  i.  The  Society  shall  consist  of  Regular,  Life,  Asso- 
ciate, and  Honorary  Members,  of  either  sex. 

Sec.  2.  The  names  of  all  candidates  for  membership  shall  be 
submitted  to  the  Board  of  Directors  at  a  regular  meeting  thereof, 
and  elected  by  a  majority  of  the  same. 


6  CONSTITUTION. 

ARTICLE  III. 

DIRECTORS. 

Section  i.  The  Board  of  Directors  of  this  Society  shall  be 
composed  of  eleven  Regular  or  Life  Members,  who  shall  be 
elected  as  such  Directors  at  the  annual  meeting  of  members  of 
the  Society.  There  may  also  be  an  Honorary  Council,  consisting 
of  twelve  members  of  the  Society. 

Sec.  2.  The  Directors  shall  elect  from  their  number  a  Presi- 
dent, two  Vice  Presidents,  and  a  Treasurer.  They  must,  at  the 
same  time,  elect  a  Secretary  who  shall  not  be  a  member  of  the 
Board.  The  Secretary  shall  receive  such  compensation  as  may 
be  determined  by  the  Board. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

meetings. 
Section  i.     The  regular  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Directors 
shall  be  held  on  the  first  and  third  Wednesdays  in  each  month. 

Sec.  2.  The  annual  meeting  of  the  Society  shall  be  held  on 
the  second  Wednesday  in  December  of  each  year,  and  due  notice 
of  the  time  and  place  of  such  annual  meeting  shall  be  given  by 
publication  thereof  daily,  for  two  weeks  next  before  such  meet- 
ing, in  some  daily  newspaper  published  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco.  At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  of 
Directors,  on  the  first  Wednesday  in  November,  they  shall  select 
a  Nominating  Committee  of  five  persons  from  among  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Society  not  holding  office,  and  this  Nominating  Com- 
mittee shall  prepare  and  present  to  the  Directors  at  their  regular 
meeting  on  the  third  Wednesday  in  November,  a  ticket  contain- 
ing the  names  of  eleven  members,  whom  it  is  proposed  to  elect  as 
Directors,  and  thereupon  this  ticket  shall  be  posted  in  a  conspicu- 
ous place  in  the  hall  or  rooms  of  the  Society,  at  least  two  weeks 
before  the  date  of  the  annual  meeting.  Other  tickets  of  a  similar 
character  prepared  by  the  members  of  the  Society,  may  be  bal- 
loted for  at  the  annual  election,  and  shall  in  like  manner  be  posted 
in  the  hall  or  rooms  of  the  Society,  at  least  two  weeks  before  the 
annual  election. 


(CONSTITUTION.  7 

At  the  regular  meeting  on  the  rtrst  Wednesday  in  December, 
the  Boird  of  Directors  shall  appoint  from  the  Regular  and  Life 
Members  of  the  Society,  two  Inspectors  and  two  Judges  of  elec- 
tion, who  shall  have  charge  of  the  ballot-box,  and  shall  conduct 
the  election  upon  the  day  of  the'annual  meeting.  The  ballot-box 
shall  be  kept  open  between  the  hours  of  two  P.  M.  andnine  p.  M., 
to  receive  the  ballots  of  the  members  having  the  privilege  of 
\'oting,  and  a  register  of  those  who  vote  shall  be  preserved  by  the 
Secretary.  No  member  shall  vote  at  the  annual  meeting  who  is 
delinquent  in  the  payment  of  his  or  her  dues  on  the  day  previous 
to  that  of  election.  At  the  close  of  the  election  the  Judges  shall 
announce  the  number  of  ballots  cast  for  each  candidate,  and  the 
c.mdidates  who  shall  respectively  recei\'e  a  majority  of  votes  cast, 
shall  be  declared  duly  elected. 

Sec.  3.  Every  Regular  and  Life  member  of  the  Society  who 
has  been  such  for  at  least  thirty  days  previous  to  the  annual  elec- 
tion, and  who  is  not  in  arrears  for  his  or  her  dues,  shall  be  entitled 
,to  vote  thereat. 

Src.  4.  At  the  annual  meeting  the  President  and  Secretary 
of  the  Society  shall  present  their  report  for  the  past  year. 

Sec.  5.  The  Constitution  of  the  Society  may  be  amended  at 
the  annual  meeting,  or  at  at  any  special  meeting  of  the  Society 
called  by  the  President  for  that  purpose,  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds 
of  the  total  number  of  members  either  present  thereat,  or  who 
may  signify  their  assent  to  the  proposed  amendment  in  writing. 


BY  -  LAWS 


OF     THE 


GEOGRAPHICAL  SOCIETY  OF  CALIFORNIA 


CHAPTER  I. 


INITIATION  FEE  AND  DUES. 

Section  i.  The  initiation  fee  for  members  shall  be  ten  dollars 
for  a  reg^ular  member. 

Sec.  2.  The  dues  thereafter  shall  be  one  dollar  per  month, 
payable  quarterly  in  advance. 

Sec.  3.  The  total  sum  payable  by  a  Life  Member  shall  be  one 
hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  4.  Associate  members  shall  pay  the  sum  of  tive  dollars 
annually,  in  advance. 

CHAPTER  n. 

special    meetings. 

The  President,  or  in  his  absence,  one  of  the  Vice-Presidents, 
may,  and  upon  the  written  request  of  five  members  shall,  call  a 
special  meeting  of  the  Society,  by  giving  three  days'  notice 
thereof  in  two  daily  San  Francisco  newspapers.  No  business 
shall  be  transacted  at  a  special  meeting  except  that  stated  in  the 
notice  convening  the  same. 

CHAPTER  HI. 
presiding  officer. 
At  all  meetings  of  the  members  and  of  the  Directors,  the  Presi- 
dent, or  in   his   absence,  one  of  the   Vice-Presidents,  or  in   the 


lO  BY-LAWS. 

absence  of  all  of  them,  a  Chairman  pro  tern,  shall  take  the  chair, 
call  the  meeting  to  order,  and   preside.      He  shall  have  only   a 
casting  vote  ;  he  shall  preserve  order,  and  decide  all  questions  of 
order,  subject  to  an  appeal  to  the  members  of  the  Society  present 
at  the  meeting. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

DIRECTORS. 

Section  i.  The  Directors  shall  have  charge  and  management 
of  the  estate  and  ]:)roperty  belonging  to  the  Corporation,  and  shall 
transact  all  affairs  relative  to  the  temporalities  thereof 

Sec.  2.  They  shall  appoint  and  remove  at  pleasure  all  em- 
ployes and  agents  of  the  Society. 

Sec.  3.  They  shall  fix  the  compensation  of  the  Secretary,  as 
well  as  of  such  employes  and  agents  as  they  may  appoint,  and 
may  require  from  the  Treasurer,  and  from  any  person  who  may  be 
api:)ointed  by  them  to  any  position  of  trust,  such  bonds  as  in  their 
o[Mnion  shall  be  a  security  for  the  faithful  discharge  by  him  of  his 
duties. 

Sec.  4.  They  shall  cause  to  be  kept  a  complete  record  of  all 
their  minutes  and  acts,  and  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Corpora- 
tion, and  present  a  full  statement  at  the  regular  annual  meeting, 
showing  in  detail  the  receipts,  disbursements,  assets,  and  liabili- 
ties of  the  Corporation,  and  generally  the  condition  of  its  affairs. 

Sec.  5.  They  shall  select  some  bank  in  the  City  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, as  a  depository  of  the  funds  of  the  Corporation;  such  bank 
may  be  changed  by  them  whenever  they  deem  it  expedient.  The 
checks  of  the  Corporation  on  the  bank  so  selected  shall  be  signed 
by  the  President,  or  in  his  absence,  by  one  of  the  Vice  Presi- 
dents, and  countersigned  by  the  Secretary,  for  such  amounts  as 
have  been  approved  by  the  Directors  at  a  regular  meeting. 

Sec.  6.  No  indebtedness  of  any  kind  shall  be  incurred  by 
the  Society  except  by  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

Sec.  7.  The  Directors  shall  have  the  power  to  declare  vacant 
the  seat  of  any  member  of  their  own  body  who  shall  have  been 


T!V-LAWS.  1 1 

absent  from  its  meetino^s  for  three  successive  months,  and  also,  by 
a  two-thirds  vote  of  the  whole  number  of  Directors,  to  remove 
from  their  own  body  any  member  thereof,  for  cause;  but  in  such 
case  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Directors  to  report  every  such 
vacancy  or  removal  to  the  Society  at  its  next  meeting;-,  when  such 
cases  shall  be  subject  to  revision  by  the  Society. 

Sec.  8.  At  all  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  six  mem- 
bers shall  constitute  a  a  quorum. 

Sec.  9.  The  Directors  shall  have  the  power  to  fill,  for  the  un- 
expired term,  any  vacancy  that  may  occur  in  their  own  body. 

Sec.  10.  The  Directors  shall  ha\'e  the  power  of  remitting 
sub  si/rutio,  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  the  dues  wholly  or  in 
part  of  any  member  of  the  Society. 

CHAPTER  V. 

TREASURER. 

Section,  i.  The  Treasurer  shall  sign  the  receipts  to  be  given 
to  members  for  the  initiation  fees  and  dues  paid  by  them. 

Sec.  2.  All  initiation  fees,  dues,  and  money  from  other  sour- 
ces, shall  be  collected  by  the  Treasurer,  and  at  once  deposited  in 
the  name  of  the  Society,  in  the  bank  selected  by  the  Board  of 
Directors. 

Sec.  3.  The  Treasurer  shall  report  to  the  Secretary  daily,  the 
receipt  of  all  initiadon  fees  and  dues,  as  well  as  of  funds  derived 
from  other  sources,  specifying  the  names  of  the  members  paying 
such  fees  and  dues  and  the  amounts  paid  by  each. 

Sec.  4.  The  bank  pass-book  shall  be  produced  at  each  regu- 
lar Dire  tors'  meeting  as  a  voucher  for  the  sums  deposited  by  the 
Tri-asurer. 

CHAPTER  Vr. 

SECRETARY. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  to  : — 

I  St.     Give  due  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  the  meetings  ot 


12  BY-LAWS. 

the  Society,  and  of   the  Board   of   Directors   and   Committees 
thereof. 

2d.  Attend  all  such  meetings,  keep  an  accurate  record  of  the 
proceedings  of  each  meeting,  and  produce  the  Society's  Book  of 
Records  at  the  following  meeting  of  the  Directors,  or  of  the 
Society,  as  the  case  may  be. 

3d.  Give  notice  to  the  several  officers  and  committees  of  all 
proceedings  appertaining-  to  their  respective  duties. 

4th.  Prepare  a  list  of  the  members  of  the  Society  entitled  to 
vote  at  each  annual  election,  for  the  use  of  the  Judges  and  Inspec- 
tors of  election. 

5th.  Take  charge  of  the  rooms  of  the  Society,  and  under  the 
direction  of  the  Directors,  have  the  care  and  arrangement  of  the 
books,  maps  and  personal  property  of  the  Society. 

6th.  Take  charge  of  the  archives  of  the  Society,  except  so  far 
as  they  may  be  expressly  placed  under  the  charge  of  others. 

7th.  Countersign  every  instrument  of  any  kind  whatever  that 
requires  the  signature  of  the  President. 

8th.  Keep  a  complete  and  perfect  set  of  books  of  account,  in 
such  manner  that  they  shall  show  the  whole  business,  and  busi- 
ness transactions  of  the  Society,  its  receipts,  disbursements,  assets 
and  liabilities, and  shall  deliver  a  balance  sheet  therefrom,  and 
submit  such  books  to  the  Board  of  Directors  whenever  required 
by  them  so  to  do. 

9th.      Discharge  all  such  other  duties  as  pertain  to  his  office. 

CHAPTER   VII. 

HONORARY    COUNCIL. 

The  Honorary  Council  shall  be  elected  yearly  by  the  Directors 
and  shall  consist  of  members  of  the  Society.  Their  functions 
will  be  to  act  as  advisers  of  the  Board  of  Directors  on  important 
occasions  when  invited  by  them  to  do  so,  such  as  the  steps  to  be 
taken  for  the  erection  of  a  building  for  the  Society,  the  increase 
of  the  Library,  or  other  objects  of  interest  and  benefit  to  the  same. 


BY-LAWS.  13 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

ORDER    OF    BUSINESS, 

1.  Calling  Roll  of  Directors. 

2.  Reading  of  Minutes  of  previous  meeting, 

3.  Applications  Ibr  membership. 

4.  Announcements. 

5.  Communications  received. 

6.  Bills  presented. 

7.  Reports  of  Special  Committees. 

8.  Reports  of  Standing  Committees, 

9.  Unfinished  business. 
10.  New  business. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

LECTURKS. 

Section  i.  The  Secretary  shall  receive  papers  or  proposals 
for  lectures  at  any  time,  and  report  the  same  at  the  next  regular 
meeting,  or  to  the  President  for  his  or  the  Directors'  a]jproval. 

Sec.  2.  Lectures  or  papers  shall  date  in  the  records  of  the 
Society  from  the  day  of  their  delivery  or  presentation. 

CHAPTER   X. 

VOTING. 

At  all  meetings  of  the  members,  each  member  shall  be  entitled  «)(i 

to  vote  either  in  person   or  by   proxy.      Such   proxy  shall   be  in 
print  or  writing,  and  filed  with  the  Secretary. 

CHAPTER  XL 

CERTIFICATE    OF    MEMEBRSHIP. 

The  Certificates  of  Membership  shall  be  signed  by  the  Presi- 
dent and  countersigned  by  the  Secretary. 


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CHAPTER   XII. 

SEAL. 

The  Society  shall  have  a  Seal  selected  by  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tors. It  shall  be  affixed  to  the  Certificates  of  Membership  and 
other  documents  where  customary. 

CHAPTER  XIII. 

AMENDMENT    OF     BY-LAWS. 

The  By-Laws  may  be  amended  at  an  annual  or  a  special  meet- 
ing called  by  the  President  for  that  purpose,  by  a  vote  of  two- 
thirds  of  the  members  present  thereat,  or  who  may  signify  their 
assent  to  the  proposed  amendment  in   writing, — sending  proxies. 


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